Released:
1975-11-05

Overview:
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.

Director:
Sergey Bondarchuk

Runtime:
2h 38min

Genre:
War, History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Vasiliy Shukshin
  as
  Piotr Lopakhin
• 
  Vyacheslav Tikhonov
  as
  pvt. Nikolay Strel'tsov
• 
  Sergey Bondarchuk
  as
  pvt. Ivan Zvyagintsev
• 
  Yuriy Nikulin
  as
  pvt. Nekrasov
• 
  Georgi Burkov
  as
  pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky